Wound closure on a budget
Cyanoacrylates (CAs), have been around since the 1940s, and have been used for wounds since Vietnam. Therefore, it is odd to consider that the FDA did not approve their use for skin until 1998.
Is candiru really the scourge of the Amazon?
Ah the candiru. A little fish of legend. Is it really something to be scared of? I mean, look at the little guy. Well, this review article will probably answer that question for you. Who hasn’t heard the stories about…
Resuscitology: learning, connection, and positive change
Resuscitology isn’t really a course or a conference though. It’s a gathering of like-minded Resuscitationists who want to learn from each other on how to optimise their practice.
Pulmonary Re-expansion
A 45 year old woman with metastatic ovarian cancer is admitted for VATS pleurodesis and drainage of bilateral pleural effusions.
Cannon Balls
A 26 year-old male, with no previous history of seizures, was BIBA with status epilepticus. He was intubated to facilitate seizure management
Troubling Lab Strife
aka Oncological Quandary 002 A 30 year-old woman presents with abdominal pain and paraesthesiae. She was diagnosed with CML 2 months previously, and was treated with chemotherapy a month prior to presentation. These are her lab results: Questions Q1. Describe…
From the Hip
Consider a 16 year old who presents with a 3 week history of severe hip pain followed by increasing breathlessness and left sided chest pain. His admission chest X-ray is shown below:
Operation
William Ernest Henley's life as a child and young man was ravaged by the disease John Bunyan called the 'captain of all these men of Death'
Base jumping and wingsuits
BASE jumping. Yet another one of the "extreme sports" that has come to the forefront by increases in technology combined with the human desire to do new things.
A Surprising FEAST
What if someone told you this: Fluid boluses significantly increased 48-hour mortality in critically ill children with impaired perfusion"
Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra
Ferdinand Karl Franz Schwarzmann, Ritter von Hebra (1816-1880) was an Austrian physician and dermatologist. Founder New Vienna School of Dermatology
Own the Oxylog
If you're a doc or nurse in Australasia and you take care of critically ill patients chances are you should be familiar with the Oxylog 3000.